The Price of Racial Bias: Intergroup Negotiations in the Ultimatum Game

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2498-2504

  Kubota, Jennifer T ^a   Li, Jian ^b   Bar David, Eyal ^a   Banaji, Mahzarin R ^c   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral economics; decision making; implicit race bias; intergroup dynamics; prejudice; racial and ethnic attitudes and relations; social behavior; Ultimatum Game

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RACISM;

EID: 84890380401     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613496435     Document Type: Article

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